I teach because that is what really makes a difference.
I teach because I want the future to be bright and ours.

I TEACH… and I hope I’m learning enough
to teach as I should be teaching.
Tjaša Lemut Novak

Says who? I do!

Cosy as it it
year after year,
looking fo friends
without any fear.
Eye contact making
all day round,
sweet smiling
without any sound.

I’m finally here
prepared to learn,
how to relax myself
’cause it’s my turn.
Setting an example
to be proud and fair,
I hope you all
Enjoy, share &care.
Lidija Branilović

When there’s IATEFL there’s always sun,
Why, oh, why when inside there’s much more fun.
But torn apart you should not be,
Behave like a teacher, be a bee.
Mojca Fink

An ode to a conference

English teacher have so much fun,
Oh thanks God I’m not a nun!

At the conference we share knowledge,
So our lesson plans are always flawless.

Thank you IATEFL team,
This event wae really supreme!
Anja Colja

I TEACH, THEREFORE I LEARN

Inside and outside together we create
And pass on our milestone at knowledge
Teach is what we do, and damn we do it well mate
Endless is our imagination already at college
For, together we all are great future makers
Long, kind, amazing – just like cookie bakers!

LONG LIVE THE IATEFL!
Nina Gorkič

A TEACHER BEFORE SLEEP

Being a teacher is my profession,
it’s a calling, not obsession.
I need a break or two a year
and occasional enthusiastic cheer
by students and their parents alike,
and I don’t want to pick a fight.

It’s true, along my teaching route
I learn a lot,
it’s not for good
in every spot
I see that knowledge boundless lies,
to get obtained by me it cries,
and all for the betterment of you, my kids,
it’s night now – time to close my eyelids.
Tadej Braček

IATEFL PARADISE

What the hack? I can’t go back?
No way, I say, I’m going my way!

Look at me, set yourself free!
Go with the flow,
There is nothing you don’t know.

Teaching is like juggling 10 pies in space
It tastes lime warm marshmallow on a cold night
It smells like pencil shavings in a coffee pot
It sound like rockets launching into unknown

It makes me feel joyful!
Katarina Ule

A CONFERENCE TO INSPIRE

Like oil-lamps in the night
We burn with fire.
To teach is our aim,
To commit to knowledge, to inspire!
But what with all the stress,
Can we unwind, recharge, rewire?
There is a yearly chance for us,
It isn’t dire,
There ia s place, a gathering
We all admire,
That makes us realize
No matter where or how we turn,
We teach, therefore we learn.
Aleksandar Tonić

I TEACH THEREFORE I LEARN

It’s difficult to rhyme
but not if you have time,
so listen to my story
you won’t be sorry.

Once there was a little girl
in a big, big world,
she was as gentle as a pearl,
her imagination flying like a bird.
>From the very beginning
English words had her spinning,
entertaining and explaining
all the learning puzzles remaining.

To be honest and to be true,
to forget all the times she was blue,
English was her shield,
where teaching was cunningly concealed.

So she was learning and midnight oil burning
so many pages turning and turning,
until with a blink of an eye
teaching was the chioce she had to justify.

She was testing and assessing,
With her nails in the desk often scratching,
but her heart was reaching
so many heights with the kids teaching.

Sometimes easy and sometimes hard,
in the classroom or running around the yard,
with quizzes and bruises, tests and tears,
with lots of fun the kids would overcome the fears.

She was proud and she was strong,
preparing them for life while she sang,
teaching them to fight te wrong,
be creative and change te world with a bang.

And now there’s little Ena,
whose teacher is Jelena,
and she says : »When I grow up I want to be a teacher,
not just any creature, but an English teacher.«

We teach therefore we learn
and make so many worlds turn,
getting richer and richer
with every smiley face we feature.
Jelena Spasić

A big thank you to our sponsor for the fantastic prizes and also to all poets among the teachers who took the time and participated.